BILL NUMBER: AB 1898	CHAPTERED  09/01/00

	CHAPTER   273
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 5, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 20, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wright

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2000

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 94742.1 of the Education
Code, relating to private postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1898, R. Wright.  Private postsecondary education:  Bureau for
Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education:  short-term career
training.
   Existing law, known as the Private Postsecondary and Vocational
Education Reform Act of 1989, generally sets minimum standards of
instructional quality, ethical and business practices, health and
safety, and fiscal responsibility for private postsecondary and
vocational educational institutions, as defined.  The act establishes
the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education,
which, among other things, is required to review and investigate all
institutions, programs, and courses of instruction approved under the
act.  Under the act, educational services, including services
defined as "short-term career training," meeting certain requirements
qualify for registration status.  The act defines "short-term career
training" to exclude, among other things, an educational service
represented to lead to, or offered for the purpose of preparing a
student for, employment as a private security guard or private patrol
operator.
   This bill would instead include within the definition of
"short-term career training" an educational service represented to
lead to, or offered for the purpose of preparing a student for,
employment as a private security guard or private patrol operator,
and meeting prescribed criteria, including, but not limited to, a
total charge to the student of $750 or more.  The changes in existing
law made by this bill would remain in effect until January 1, 2005.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 94742.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   94742.1.  (a) "Short-term career training" means an educational
service consisting of all of the following:
   (1) The total charge to the student is two thousand dollars
($2,000) or less.
   (2) The length of training is less than 250 hours.
   (3) The course is represented as preparing the student for any
occupation or job title.
   (b) "Short-term career training" does not include any of the
following:
   (1) Instruction leading to a degree.
   (2) Instruction financed by a federal or state loan or grant.
   (3) Any educational service, other than provided for in
subdivision (a), consisting of more than 250 hours of instruction or
costing two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in total charges that
is divided or structured into one or more segments that consists of
250 or fewer hours of instruction, the total charge for which is less
than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
   (4) Any educational service represented to lead to, or offered for
the purpose of preparing a student for, employment as a certified
nursing assistant.
   (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter is
not applicable to any educational service represented to lead to, or
offered for the purpose of preparing a student for, employment as a
private security guard or as a private patrol operator if all of the
following circumstances exist:
   (1) The total charge to the student is less than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750).
   (2) The training consists of less than 75 hours of instruction.
   (3) The cost of instruction to the student is not financed by a
federal or state loan.
   (4) The educational service provided is approved by the Bureau of
Security and Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
   (d) (1) "Short-term career training" includes any educational
service represented to lead to, or offered for the purpose of
preparing a student for, employment as a private security guard or as
a private patrol operator if the total charge to the student is
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) or more or if all of the following
circumstances exist:
   (A) The training consists of 75 or more hours of instruction.
   (B) The instruction meets all of the requirements of subdivision
(a).
   (C) The instruction does not meet any of the criteria set forth in
paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b).
   (D) The educational service provided is approved by the Bureau of
Security and Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
   (2) Any institution that provides educational services as set
forth in paragraph (1) shall disclose to prospective students, in
writing and prior to the signing of the enrollment agreement required
by Section 94931.1, the number of hours of training required by the
Bureau of Security and Investigative Services of the Department of
Consumer Affairs for each type of licensure, registration, permit, or
card to which the training is represented to lead.
   (e) "Short-term career training" may include an educational
service licensed by another state agency so long as that educational
service complies with subdivision (a) and Article 9.5 (commencing
with Section 94931).
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 94742.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   94742.1.  (a) "Short-term career training" means an educational
service consisting of all of the following:
   (1) The total charge to the student is two thousand dollars
($2,000) or less.
   (2) The length of training is less than 250 hours.
   (3) The course is represented as preparing the student for any
occupation or job title.
   (b) "Short-term career training" does not include any of the
following:
   (1) Instruction leading to a degree.
   (2) Instruction financed by a federal or state loan or grant.
   (3) Any educational service, other than provided for in
subdivision (a), consisting of more than 250 hours of instruction or
costing two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in total charges that
is divided or structured into one or more segments that consists of
250 or fewer hours of instruction, the total charge for which is less
than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
   (4) Any educational service represented to lead to, or offered for
the purpose of preparing a student for, employment as a certified
nursing assistant, a private security guard, or a private patrol
operator.
   (c) Short-term career training may include an educational service
licensed by another state agency so long as that educational service
complies with subdivision (a) and Article 9.5 (commencing with
Section 94931).
   (d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2005.
